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A work made of black conté crayon on ivory laid paper.

Seated Woman with a Parasol (study for La Grande Jatte)

Georges Seurat · 1884/85

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Palette

Oyster
 48% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.1:1
Graphite
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1
Ash
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1
Pale stone
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Smoke
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Warm grey
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Georges Seurat
French, 1859-1891
Date
1884/85
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper
Size
48 × 31.5 cm (18 15/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 66, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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